Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Geir Pollestad (Cent.)
Minister of Agriculture and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has chief responsibility for food policy and agricultural policy. Agricultural policy covers land utilisation, agriculture and forestry, reindeer and other animal husbandry, and development of new agriculture based industries.
Largest deposit of seed to date in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
In February, around 14,000 seeds are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seed vault now has more than 1.2 million seed duplicates from about 80 countries.
More than 31 000 new seed samples deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard received more than 30 000 new seed samples from 21 countries from Palestine and Sudan among other countries.
Latest from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
What's new
- More than 30 000 new seed samples deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 23/10/2024
- Travelling with dogs to Norway News story 03/07/2024
- New Seeds in Svalbard Global Seed Vault News story 28/05/2024
- UNFF19: High level segment roundtable Speech/statement 15/05/2024
- Dialogue with CPF Heads and UNFF partners Speech/statement 15/05/2024
Documents
- Norway´s Path Towards a Sustainable Food System Report 24/05/2024
- Access to veterinary services in Norway Report 10/03/2023
- Climate change, hungerand vulnerability Plans/strategy 16/02/2023
- Action plan to combat social dumping and work-related crime Plans/strategy 02/11/2022
- Norwegian Strategy for Urban Agriculture Plans/strategy 22/10/2021
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Contact
E-mail: postmottak@lmd.dep.no
Phone:
(+47) 22 24 90 90
Address:
Postboks 8007 Dep. , 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo